Notes: Damon ready to impress 大门准备好要证明自己 TAMPA, Fla. -- Johnny Damon may have been miles away from a New Jersey college campus last month, but that didn't protect him from stinging criti- cisms. Speaking at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J., on Jan. 25, general manager Brian Cashman said Damon reported to camp out of shape in 2007, which led to his slow start. Damon spoke privately with Cashman about the issue and assured him it would be corrected. 现金人上个月在一场谈话中，抱怨大门去年春训报到时肿得离谱，所以去年很慢热。 大门远在新纽泽西数哩外也中枪，於是两人关起门来说悄悄话。(大门:你这样说让我 很不酥湖) "I do not want him to have that feeling again," Damon said. "我不想让他有同样的感受。"大门说 The 34-year-old Damon reported to Spring Training on Tuesday with numerous other position players, prepared for the club's first full-squad workout on Wednesday. 星期二野手春训报到日 After losing his center-field position to Melky Cabrera and requiring a red- hot second half to rescue his offensive numbers, Damon said that he no longer hears his name come up in discussions of the game's best players. It's a perceived slight that he is determined to change. 去年下半季攻击力的衰退，还有失去了中外野的宝座，都让大门风采尽失；他决心今 年要改变这些。 "I think the pitchers know that I can still drive them crazy," Damon said. "In this game, you always have something to prove. You're only as good as your last at-bat. When the season ended, my bat was where it needed to be." "我会证明自己仍然有能力使投手抓狂。" Though Damon said he is just four pounds lighter than he was at the end of last season, weighing in Tuesday at 214, he believes the weight is better distributed. Unable to work out extensively last winter because of a right foot injury, Damon rediscovered the gym at his Orlando, Fla., home and enlisted the help of a younger local ballplayer to help him with throwing exercises. 体检体重214磅，比去年球季结束时瘦了4磅 Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he envisions Damon as the club's Opening Day left fielder and leadoff batter, getting 600 plate appearances somehow. As camp progresses and first-base candidates are whittled away, Damon said he expected to also take some ground balls. 总教练Girardi预设大门为开幕战的先发左外野以及第一棒 "He's really important to this offense, because he starts things," Girardi said. "He puts on tough at-bats right from the start of the game, and he sets the tone. We expect him to be healthy and score a lot of runs." "今年他对球队而言真的很重要，我们期望他健康，替我们跑回很多分。" Damon said that he was happy to finally have a low-key offseason after four consecutive hectic winters. A severe concussion, a World Series title, free agency and a baby girl interrupted Damon's decompression periods, but he finally was able to clear his mind this year. 大门说过去四年的冬天他都很忙，很高兴这次的季後比较有空能好好为来年作准备 "I could never regroup," Damon said. "So this offseason, I finally was able to work out consistently. I was able to do things that this game has afforded me to do. I'm ready to go out there and prove to everybody that I'm still a pretty good player." "我持续地自主训练，我认为我能打好每场球，我已经准备好要向每个人证明，我仍然是 个不赖的球员。" Team first: Had the Yankees moved forward with their rumored trade proposal for Johan Santana, it's quite likely that Cabrera would have been dropping equipment off at Twins camp in Fort Myers and Damon would be getting his customary center-field position back. It was a scenario that, believe it or not, Damon was rooting against. While he kept up with talks and pined for Santana in pinstripes, Damon said he privately wished the trade would fall through and the Yankees could just sign Santana as a free agent after '08. That obviously won't happen, but Damon said he is happy to still call Cabrera a teammate. 如果山大王的交易成功，大门就能重返中外野；而今交易不成，大门说他还是很高兴 跟牛奶弟当队友。 "Melky Cabrera has just done an awesome job out there," Damon said. "I've been around and I understand this game. I understand what it's going to take for this team to win. If you can have a center fielder like Melky throwing guys out at any given time, that's pretty good. He may be the only one in the league who can do that." "我很清楚牛奶弟的强肩，也很清楚他帮了球队多少。" Fair warning: Jason Giambi spends his offseasons in Las Vegas, so he's not always the easiest person to reach. But after initially playing phone tag with the slugger, Girardi and Giambi hooked up for several conversations during the winter. 大吉冬天都在拉斯维加斯，人不太好找；不过Girardi很有耐心地跟他玩简讯游戏， 所以最後两人有了几次交谈。 Girardi's message for Spring Training struck a chord: Jason, you'd better be ready to run. 总教练的春训讯息：大吉，你最好准备好要跑步。 There were periods of last season where that would have been a pain sentence for Giambi, but the 37-year-old says that's no longer the case. He dropped a few pounds over the winter and said he traded treadmills for flat ground so that he would be able to run more in camp, a staple of the Yankees' early life under Girardi. 大吉去年的惨痛回忆就别再提了，他说他今年冬天有减肥，而且可以跑更多。 "I feel a lot leaner -- I feel great," Giambi said. "I want to get back out at first base, hopefully [Girardi] will give me that opportunity to get out there and play. Being on my feet was going to be the toughest thing, so I was out there making sure I was on the ground all the time." "我觉得我瘦好多，感觉很好。我想守一垒，希望教练给我机会。"大吉说 Giambi is in the final year of his seven-year contract with the Yankees and faces uncertainty. While he could see time as a first baseman or a designated hitter, there are numerous contenders to fill those at-bats, meaning Spring Training has a purpose for Giambi. 今年是与洋基的合约最後一年，大吉想在春训时显示出自己的可用性。 "I'm looking for Jason to be the hitter that he's capable of being and play some defense for us," Girardi said. "There's some interesting decisions to be made. In 6 1/2 weeks, usually you can work things out." "我把大吉视为打者，偶尔可以做些防守；某些决定可能会下得很有意思，在6 1/2周 里，你可以让某些事情发生。" Girardi说(暗示着春训期间锻链大吉的守备?) Girardi said that, despite winning an MVP Award and other honors, the one thing that has eluded Giambi thus far is a World Series ring. Based upon their conversations, Girardi senses Giambi "knows what's at stake." But even if it doesn't happen, it might not be a last hurrah. Girardi说他知道大吉想要什麽，而大吉自己也很清楚。 "I've still got a lot of good years left," Giambi said. "I plan to play past this year. I feel good, I love this game, and they're going to have to tear the uniform off me." "我还想打许多年，我计划今年先好好发挥。我爱棒球，今年结束以後他们可能要用撕 的，才能把洋基队服从我身上剥下。" Attention, please: More than three months have passed since Girardi accepted the position of Yankees manager, and the topics to be covered in his first address at the helm have had some time to percolate. The big day comes Thursday morning, and though Girardi insists his speech won't be long, it will have purpose. Girardi会在星期四给个"不太长"的总教练演说 "I've jotted things down," Girardi said. "I've thought about it since taking the job. Obviously, you'll have more talks as time goes on, but there's a lot of things to cover." Girardi said he plans to go last in a succession of speakers. Cashman, trainer Gene Monahan, media relations director Jason Zillo and traveling secretary Ben Tuliebitz also address players on the first day of camp. 看来春训正式开始的当天，演讲名单落落长 Bombers bits: Andy Pettitte received a warm ovation from fans as he worked out for the first day at Legends Field. ... Senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner and general partner Hal Steinbrenner watched pitching sessions from a perch behind the bullpen. ... Guest instructors Tino Martinez and Mickey Rivers reported to camp. Yogi Berra is scheduled to arrive Feb. 29. ... Former Yankee Ron Villone signed a Minor League contract with the Cardinals. 派派昨天记者会完以後现身球场，大小老板都在牛棚看投手练球。 MLB.com: http://tinyurl.com/327mpw -- 宇宙里的微小尘埃 http://www.wretch.cc/blog/AllyDai --

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